CN101847794B - Card connector - Google Patents

Abstract

A card connector, comprising: a shell, the front end of which is provided with an insertion opening; a first terminal group, which is provided with a plurality of first terminals and is arranged below the shell; and a combination of a second terminal group and a movable partition board, which is positioned in the shell and is provided with a second terminal group, a common base and a movable partition board; the common base is arranged at the rear part in the shell, the second terminal group is provided with a plurality of second embedded terminals, the rear sections of the second embedded terminals are embedded and formed on the common base, and the movable partition plate and the common base are combined through the embedding and forming of the second embedded terminals or the embedded parts. Therefore, the effect of combining the movable partition plate with the common base and the terminals can be achieved.

Description

card connector

technical field

The present invention relates to a card connector used to read electronic memory cards, in particular to a card connector whose terminals are fixed on movable partitions by insert molding. the

Background technique

U.S. Patent No. 7,118,420 and U.S. Patent No. 7,448,912 disclose a technology for only inserting a single card. The two cases mainly use a movable partition in the card connector to divide the internal space into upper and lower spaces. When inserting the card, insert the card into one of the upper and lower spaces, and actuate the movable partition to Another space is moved, so that another space is blocked and no more cards can be inserted to achieve the effect of only inserting a single card. the

In the aforementioned two cases, the movable partition must be supported below or behind the movable partition by two springs or two shrapnels, and the movable partition is kept in a fixed position by its elastic return force (such as upper position). However, since the two springs or the two elastic pieces must be assembled, when the base, the elastic pieces, and the movable partition are each independent components, the difficulty of assembling is bound to increase. In addition, the miniaturization of the card connector makes the The shrapnel itself must be small, and the assembly space is also relatively small, making assembly even more difficult. the

Therefore, combining the shrapnel or the terminal with the movable partition becomes a problem that must be solved. the

Contents of the invention

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a card connector which can combine terminals with movable partitions. the

Another object of the present invention is to provide a card connector, which can use an insert molding method to combine some terminals on the movable partition. the

Another object of the present invention is to provide a card connector, which can make the combination of the terminal and the movable partition suitable for cards of a specific docking mode. the

In order to achieve the aforementioned object, a card connector provided according to the present invention includes: a housing with an insertion opening at the front end; a first terminal group with several first terminals located at the bottom of the housing ; and a combination of a terminal and a movable partition located in the housing, the combination has a second terminal group, a common base, and a movable partition; the common base is located at the rear of the housing, and the second terminal The group has several second embedded terminals, the rear sections of the several second embedded terminals are embedded in the common base, the front sections of the several second embedded terminals are embedded in the movable partition, and the front ends are exposed on the The upper surface of the movable partition. In this way, the effect of combining the terminal with the movable partition can be achieved. the

In addition, there is another embodiment of the present invention, which is to provide a card connector, which includes: a housing with an insertion opening at the front end; a first terminal group with several first terminals, the below; and a combination of a terminal and a movable partition located in the housing, the combination has a second terminal group, a common base, a movable partition, and several inserts; the common base is located in the housing At the rear, the second terminal group has several second common terminals, the rear sections of the several second common terminals are embedded in the common base, and the rear ends of the several inserts are embedded in the common base , and the front ends of the several inserts are embedded in the movable partition. In this way, the common substrate and the movable partition can be combined in an insert-forming manner through the several inserts. the

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the first preferred embodiment of the present invention. the

Fig. 2 is a combined schematic view of the first preferred embodiment of the present invention, showing the state after the cover is removed. the

FIG. 3 is a combined top view of the first preferred embodiment of the present invention, showing the state after the cover is removed. the

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view along line 4-4 in Fig. 3 . the

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the second preferred embodiment of the present invention, showing the state after the cover is removed. the

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of partial components of the second preferred embodiment of the present invention, showing the state of the bottom surface of the combination of the second terminal group and the movable partition. the

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of the state of the second embedded terminal before bending according to the second preferred embodiment of the present invention. the

Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of the first bending state of the second embedded terminal according to the second preferred embodiment of the present invention. the

Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of the second bending state of the second embedded terminal according to the second preferred embodiment of the present invention. the

Fig. 10 is a schematic diagram of the third bending state of the second embedded terminal according to the second preferred embodiment of the present invention. the

Fig. 11 is a schematic diagram of the fourth bending state of the second embedded terminal according to the second preferred embodiment of the present invention. the

Fig. 12 is a combined schematic view of the third preferred embodiment of the present invention, showing the state after the cover is removed. the

Detailed ways

In order to describe the structure and characteristics of the present invention in detail, the following preferred embodiments are given and described as follows in conjunction with the drawings, wherein:

As shown in Figures 1 to 4, a card connector 10 provided by the first preferred embodiment of the present invention mainly consists of a housing 11, a first terminal group 21, a second terminal group and movable partitions. Combination of boards consisting of 31 of which:

The casing 11 is composed of a base 12 and a cover 14, and has an insertion opening 16 at the front end for inserting a card. the

The first terminal group 21 has a plurality of first terminals 22 disposed at the bottom of the casing 11 . the

The combination 31 of the second terminal group and the movable partition is located in the housing 11 , and the combination has a second terminal group 32 , a common base 36 , and a movable partition 38 . The common base 36 is arranged at the rear of the housing 11, and the second terminal group 32 has several second common terminals 33 and several second embedded terminals 34, and is insert-molded on the common base 36 with its rear section. And the rear end is exposed from the common base 36 , the body of the movable partition 38 has several hollow parts 381 , and the rear end has several limiting slots 382 . The plurality of second embedded terminals 34 are embedded in the movable partition 38 with their front ends respectively located at the hollowed-out parts 381 , and extend upward to expose the upper surface of the movable partition 38 . The front ends of the plurality of second common terminals 33 are located in each of the limiting grooves 382, and the front ends of the plurality of second common terminals 33 have a contact section 331 extending upward and forward in an arc. Inside slot 382. the

In the above-mentioned structure of the card connector, the plurality of second common terminals 33 and the plurality of second embedded terminals 34 are all embedded in the common base 36, and the plurality of second embedded terminals 34 are embedded in the previous section. The method is combined on the movable partition 38 , and the front end is also located at each of the hollowed out parts 381 and exposed to the movable partition 38 . Therefore, in such an arrangement, the common base plate 36, the second terminal group 32, and the movable partition 38 can be formed together by insert molding, and the front ends of the second embedded terminals 34 can be used to Docking with the card (such as MMCplus card). Moreover, due to the relationship of insert forming, the number of components to be assembled is reduced, thereby simplifying the difficulty of assembly. the

Please refer to Fig. 5 to Fig. 6 again, a card connector 40 provided by the second preferred embodiment of the present invention is basically the same as that of the first embodiment disclosed above, the difference is:

The body of the plurality of second embedded terminals 34' has a U-shaped bent portion 341'. In addition, the plurality of second common terminals 33' is an extension section 332' extending forward from the contact section 331', and the extension section 332' is located under the movable partition 38'. the

The second embedded terminals 34' of the second embodiment are provided with the bent portion 341' mainly to make the extensions 332' of the second common terminals 33' positioned on the movable partition 38 ' below. the

Next, the process of forming the bent portion 341' in the second embodiment is described: in the process of insert molding, the extensions 332' of the second common terminals 33' cannot be positioned on the movable partition at the beginning. 38' below, but must be separated from the movable partition 38' by a certain distance, so as not to interfere with the mold (not shown in the figure) during the insert molding, the state after the insert molding is shown in Figure 7, and it can be seen from the figure It can be seen that the second embedded terminals 34' have been embedded into the movable partition 38'. Next, as shown in FIG. 8 , the first bending is performed on the second embedded terminals 34 ′, followed by the second bending shown in FIG. 9 , and then the third bending shown in FIG. 10 . Bending once, and finally performing the bending shown in FIG. 11 , that is, completing the U-shaped bending portions 341 ′ on the second embedded terminals 34 ′. In the above-mentioned bending method, as shown in Fig. 10 to Fig. 11, the movable partition 38' moves from top to bottom and backwards during the last bending process so that the extensions of the second common terminals 33' 332' is located below the movable partition 38', and at this time the extensions 332' of the plurality of second common terminals 33' are located below the movable partition 38'. the

It can be seen that the arrangement of the bent portion 341' can pull the movable partition 38' toward the second common terminals 33', so that it is attached to the extension sections 332', thereby, the The movable partition 38' can then be supported by the extension sections 332' of the second common terminals 33'. the

The effects achieved by the second embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment disclosed above, and will not be repeated here. the

Please refer to Figure 12 again, a card connector 50 provided by the third preferred embodiment of the present invention mainly has:

A casing 51 has an insertion opening 52 at the front end. the

A first terminal group 61 has a plurality of first terminals 62 and is located at the bottom of the housing 51 . the

A combination 71 of a second terminal group and movable partition is located in the housing 51 , and the combination has a second terminal group 72 , a common base 76 , a movable partition 78 , and several inserts 79 . The common base 76 is arranged at the rear of the housing 51, the second terminal group 72 has a plurality of second common terminals 73, and the rear sections of the second common terminals 73 are embedded in the common base 76, And the rear ends of the second common terminals 73 protrude from the common base 76 . Each of the inserts 79 is an elastic member whose rear end is embedded into the common base 76 , and the front ends of the plurality of inserts 79 are embedded into the movable partition 78 . The rear end of the movable partition 78 has several limiting slots 781, and the front ends of the second common terminals 73 have a contact segment 731 extending upward and forward in an arc, and the contact segment 731 is located in the limiting slot 781 . the

The third embodiment is substantially the same as the second embodiment, except that the third embodiment does not have the second embedded terminal of the second embodiment, but has an insert 79 embedded in the common base 76 and the The movable partition 78 is used to combine the common base 76 with the movable partition 78 , and the elastic force of the insert 79 itself can be used to provide a supporting force for supporting the movable partition 78 . the

It can be seen that the common base 76, the insert 79, and the movable partition 78 of the third embodiment are combined in an insert-forming manner, which also achieves the effect of simplifying assembly. the

As can be seen from the above, the effect that the present invention can achieve is:

1. The terminal can be combined with the partition: through the technology of the present invention, the second terminal group can be combined with the movable partition. When the movable partition moves up and down, due to the elasticity of the terminal itself, the terminal can be connected with the movable partition. The movable partitions move together. the

2. The terminal and the movable partition can be combined by insert molding: With the technology of the present invention, not only part of the terminals can be combined with the movable partition, but also can be combined by insert molding. the

3. The combination of the second terminal group and the movable partition can be applied to cards with a specific docking method: through the technology of the present invention, the terminals can be combined with the movable partition to be suitable for cards with a specific docking method, such as MMCplus cards. the

Claims (15)

1. a card connector is characterized in that, includes:

One housing, front end have an insert port;

One first end subgroup has several the first terminals, is located in this housing; And

The combination of one second terminal group and active clapboard is positioned at this housing, and this combination has one second terminal group, has pedestal and an active clapboard altogether; This cobasis seat is located at rear in this housing, this second terminal group has several the second embedding terminals, these several the second embedding terminal embeds with its back segment and forms in this cobasis seat, and these several the second embedding terminal embeds with its leading portion and forms in this active clapboard, and front end is exposed to this active clapboard upper surface.

2. card connector according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: this second terminal group has more several the second common terminals, and the back segment of this several the second common terminal embeds and forms in this cobasis seat.

3. card connector according to claim 2 is characterized in that: this several the second common terminal and these several the second rear end that embeds terminal protrude from this cobasis seat.

4. card connector according to claim 2, it is characterized in that: this active clapboard rear end has several stopper slots, and the front end of this several the second common terminal is positioned at respectively this stopper slot.

5. card connector according to claim 4 is characterized in that: the front end of this several the second common terminal has upwards the contact-segment that curved arc forward extends, and this contact-segment is positioned at this stopper slot.

6. card connector according to claim 5, it is characterized in that: these several the second common terminal extends forward an extension by this contact-segment, and this extension is positioned at this active clapboard below.

7. card connector according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: the plate body of this active clapboard has several hollow out positions, and these several the second front end that embeds terminal namely lays respectively at respectively this hollow out position, and extends upward the upper surface that is exposed to this active clapboard.

8. card connector according to claim 1 is characterized in that: these several the second body section that embeds terminal has a kink.

9. card connector according to claim 8 is characterized in that: these several the second kink that embeds terminal body section takes the shape of the letter U.

10. card connector according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: this housing is comprised of a pedestal and a lid.

11. a card connector is characterized in that, includes:

One housing, front end have an insert port;

One first end subgroup has several the first terminals, is located in this housing; And

The combination of one second terminal group and active clapboard is positioned at this housing, and this combination has one second terminal group, has pedestal, an active clapboard and several inserts altogether; This cobasis seat is located at rear in this housing, this second terminal group has several the second common terminals, these several the second common terminal embeds with its back segment and forms in this cobasis seat, these several inserts embed with its rear end and form in this cobasis seat, and the embedding of the front end of these several inserts forms in this active clapboard.

12. card connector according to claim 11 is characterized in that: the rear end of this several the second common terminal protrudes from this cobasis seat.

13. card connector according to claim 11 is characterized in that: this active clapboard rear end has several stopper slots, and the front end of this several the second common terminal is positioned at respectively this stopper slot.

14. card connector according to claim 13 is characterized in that: the front end of this several the second common terminal has upwards the contact-segment that curved arc forward extends, and this contact-segment is positioned at this stopper slot.

15. card connector according to claim 11 is characterized in that: respectively this insert is an elastic component.

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